Record 014 · Transport · 1938
50%38.14.T
Volkswagen Type 1 Beetle
Volkswagen
“The people's car that became a counterculture icon and 21-million-unit runaway.”
Air-cooled rear engine, rounded shell, cheap to keep alive. Postwar export + 1960s U.S. 'Think Small' ads made it the anti-Detroit car.
21.5 million
- Air-cooled flat-four packaging
- Platform longevity
